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election day? will the hurricane problem still be going on? that's coming up. jack, you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire [ male announcer ] use any citi® card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts. more events. more experiences. [ jack ] hey, who's boring now? [ male announcer ] get more access with a citi card. [ crowd cheering, mouse clicks ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> mitt romney pretended to try to do something for the victims of the hurricane yesterday, but it was a complete fraud run by the romney campaign. we will expose that fraud in tonight's "rewrite." and next, we'll have the state of the race with the new battleground state polls. we will have nate silver's latest numbers, which just came out minutes ago. all of that is next. [ male announcer ] the 2013 smart comes wi
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we win florida, we win this election! >> well, in 2000 the election turned on the state of florida. in 2004 it was ohio that was the key. in 2008, virginia found itself in the center spotlight. collectively i've been calling them flohva. until florida our new poll has president obama up. ohio we still have the president holding his lead. 51% to 45%. and in a recent poll of likely voters in virginia, the president was up 2 points, a statistical tie and nbc news has it's own coming out tomorrow morning. look at the ad spending in these three states. noern half a billion collectively in the mega states of flohva. they're not just spending money there, they're spending time. the president will have visited the sunshine state 14 times, for mitt romney it's 16. president obama will have made 19 stops in ohio, governor romney will be there 21 times. so let's get to our special panel. adam smith is the political editor, chris booker, wcmh and larry sabado. larry, let me start with you. the state of virginia, last time it was the closest to the country, the national popular vote. it was the
we win florida, we win this election! >> well, in 2000 the election turned on the state of florida. in 2004 it was ohio that was the key. in 2008, virginia found itself in the center spotlight. collectively i've been calling them flohva. until florida our new poll has president obama up. ohio we still have the president holding his lead. 51% to 45%. and in a recent poll of likely voters in virginia, the president was up 2 points, a statistical tie and nbc news has it's own coming out...
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it is the election. i think there are a lot of people who are going to look at this and say there are too many republicans, too many democrats. i think we want them to look past it and just look at the ideas. and we reach everybody and i think as we all know we all have to keep talking to each other. >> so you've got, let's go through some of the thinkers that you have in this issue. mark mckinnon on fixing government he says pass no budget no pay legislation and the ending of the use of fill busters. enact a five-day week schedule. allow no pledges but the oath of office. then you hear from the ceo of ford on creating jobs. there has to be an emphasis on manufacturing with a big "m." no great country has flourished without a strong manufacturing base depending how you measure 2% to 15% of gdp is associated with u.s. manufacturing alone. we need to ask questions like whether we're doing the right things for research & development, it is about looking at everything through the lens by economic development
it is the election. i think there are a lot of people who are going to look at this and say there are too many republicans, too many democrats. i think we want them to look past it and just look at the ideas. and we reach everybody and i think as we all know we all have to keep talking to each other. >> so you've got, let's go through some of the thinkers that you have in this issue. mark mckinnon on fixing government he says pass no budget no pay legislation and the ending of the use of...
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all right. >> the impact of the elections, sir? >> i am not worried at this point about the impact on the election. i'm worried about the impact on families and the impact on our first responders. i'm worried about the impact on our economy. and on transportation. you know, the election will take care of itself next week. right now, our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives, that our search and rescue teams are going to be in place, people will get the food, the water, the shelter that they need in case of emergency and that we respond as quickly as possible to get the economy back on track. >> what kind of -- [ inaudible ]. >> that was president obama at the white house issuing a stern warning to americans about the severity of the storm. hurricane sandy traveling, of course, up the east coast. you know, lawrence, you listen to the president and think about the magnitude of this storm, the millions without power this is the end of the election. this is what is going to be dot nom dant narrative. >> the campa
all right. >> the impact of the elections, sir? >> i am not worried at this point about the impact on the election. i'm worried about the impact on families and the impact on our first responders. i'm worried about the impact on our economy. and on transportation. you know, the election will take care of itself next week. right now, our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives, that our search and rescue teams are going to be in place, people will get the food,...
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as for this election the president says that will take a backseat. >> the election will take care of itself next week. right now our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives. >> nbc news political director chuck todd joins me now to fill us in on what we know about what the president is doing. chuck, i just got this note passed to my desk that the president will remain in d.c. through tomorrow, not going out on the campaign trail. this is a big effect coming into the homestretch. >> he's canceled tomorrow's events. you would assume in some form or another governor romney will blow back some events. they've canceled some today, for instance, on romney's side, but they turned one campaign event into a relief event in ohio, but the president at 11:45, he's holding a conference call with mayors and governors in the affected areas and all of them together and that will take 30 or 40 minutes and that is what the white house is focused on at this point, so i assume we'll hear from the president some time today and probably not until later this afternoon after there's a b
as for this election the president says that will take a backseat. >> the election will take care of itself next week. right now our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives. >> nbc news political director chuck todd joins me now to fill us in on what we know about what the president is doing. chuck, i just got this note passed to my desk that the president will remain in d.c. through tomorrow, not going out on the campaign trail. this is a big effect coming into...
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election. >> keeping pop freople from get to election day? >> that's right. primarily down here in florida, reducing early voting days, put all of these obstacles in the way of democrats, minority voters from getting to the polls because down here in florida it's not just about the presidential election, it's about keeping power in the legislature and the governor's mansion. >> now, diedra, you wrote -- well, you said to the palm beach news today, i'm quoting you, i'd be deeply concerned to think that members of a political party who are not elected officials nor staff to legislators are drawing up voter suppression laws in the back room. it should be deeply troubling to the public. elaborate on that for me, diedra. >> well, i think it's shameful, unamerican, frankly, that when we know in a state like florida and perhaps other states across the united states, we have political operatives working in back rooms to draw up voter suppression laws. it's unacceptable, it's unamerican, and there is something that people can do to fight back and that
election. >> keeping pop freople from get to election day? >> that's right. primarily down here in florida, reducing early voting days, put all of these obstacles in the way of democrats, minority voters from getting to the polls because down here in florida it's not just about the presidential election, it's about keeping power in the legislature and the governor's mansion. >> now, diedra, you wrote -- well, you said to the palm beach news today, i'm quoting you, i'd be...
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administration election. it is all going to come down to the arcane rules about challengers and provisional balloting and hanging chads and all that. we may not know on tuesday night. >> you really think that by 10:30, 11:00, we won't be like, okay, write my thing and go to bed by midnight? >> no, sir. you will be hitting refresh on the poll numbers. >> we will be following it closely, especially right here on msnbc, the place for polit s politics. thank you again. this is all for us. i will see you back here at democracy plaza tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. on the last word. and again on monday at noon eastern and 9:00 a.m. pacific when i'm joined by senator barbara boxer, bill burton, professioner, the atlantic and the new rep blix's franklin four. until then, find us at facebook.com/nowwithalex. >>> melissa harris-perry is next with a look at women and the election. that is going to be awesome. stay with us. we saw that last tide commercial with the parents and the cute little baby triplets... well wait until your
administration election. it is all going to come down to the arcane rules about challengers and provisional balloting and hanging chads and all that. we may not know on tuesday night. >> you really think that by 10:30, 11:00, we won't be like, okay, write my thing and go to bed by midnight? >> no, sir. you will be hitting refresh on the poll numbers. >> we will be following it closely, especially right here on msnbc, the place for polit s politics. thank you again. this is all...
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iowa is a huge early voting state and i think if the story of this election ends up being the re-election if it does of president obama, it's going to be all about the early voting and the wider his lead, the wider the state -- the more early voting. >> let me throw up a stat from our iowa poll for folks. among those who say they have voted or will vote early, and mitt romney leads 55/35. so, you know, that is -- that points to the advantage there. i want to move to both wisconsin and new hampshire. i want to put up some job approval numbers for the president. because what's interesting in new hampshire and iowa in particular, the president's job approval was below his ballot cast. >> yeah. and that's what we're seeing here. look, when you're at 49 or 50, that's an okay number. but that doesn't put a lock on this by any stretch of the imagination. so whether it's his approval rating or what he's getting in the bat lot question against mitt romney, he doesn't have to look too far over his shoulders to see that that's mitt romney. he still only has 50%. the approval rating is a key baromete
iowa is a huge early voting state and i think if the story of this election ends up being the re-election if it does of president obama, it's going to be all about the early voting and the wider his lead, the wider the state -- the more early voting. >> let me throw up a stat from our iowa poll for folks. among those who say they have voted or will vote early, and mitt romney leads 55/35. so, you know, that is -- that points to the advantage there. i want to move to both wisconsin and new...
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make sure he's re-elected but into a second term. as you know in the last campaign we said yes, we can. not yes, i can for the president. he cannot take on these challenges alone. we need to keep the kind of crowd we had in new hampshire, what we've seep all across the country. we need to win the election and then move into a second term and we need to bring our country forward together. and that's what president obama is absolutely committed to doing. >> all right. that was our conversation with valerie jarrett on saturday in nashua. that was nice. >> mark halperin, a week left, almost a week left. you go back to 2004 in boston, and what a ride. what a ride over eight years. >> just an incredible experience for not just the president but all the people around him including valerie. and a lot of stability. you look at the people around him now making this fight to win re-election. it's basically the same group of one or two exceptions as the people who got him elected four years ago. and the stamina and endurance they've shown in bot
make sure he's re-elected but into a second term. as you know in the last campaign we said yes, we can. not yes, i can for the president. he cannot take on these challenges alone. we need to keep the kind of crowd we had in new hampshire, what we've seep all across the country. we need to win the election and then move into a second term and we need to bring our country forward together. and that's what president obama is absolutely committed to doing. >> all right. that was our...
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kicks off his final push to election day. a string of campaign events in a state that they believe is already leaning in their kcolum, the state of florida. peter alexander joins us. all right, peter, how is the campaign reacting to all of these state polls in the last 24 hours particularly in the critical battleground states which show -- don't show the momentum story that they believe they had a week ago? >> reporter: yeah, chuck, you're right. i spoke to two top advisers with the romney campaign about that very fact and they say they're not so focused on these polls as they are about the actual numbers, the early voting numbers that they say shows the matching or exceeding what john mccain, where he stood at this time four years ago. they point specifically to ohio, cuyahoga county, they say, coal country, an area traditionally democratic, that they say is not going to go in the president's column this time around. nonetheless, they recognize the significance of ohio right now. they will be back there again on friday. he's
kicks off his final push to election day. a string of campaign events in a state that they believe is already leaning in their kcolum, the state of florida. peter alexander joins us. all right, peter, how is the campaign reacting to all of these state polls in the last 24 hours particularly in the critical battleground states which show -- don't show the momentum story that they believe they had a week ago? >> reporter: yeah, chuck, you're right. i spoke to two top advisers with the...
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in a very close election. when you've got an incumbent getting 78% approval for anything, it's going to have an impact. yes, he can withdraw, yes, he can do what he can do in terms of cleaning up those comments, but the president is off the charts here. it's way beyond his base of support for this election. >> we're going to get to more polls coming up. much more ahead this morning. the three swing state polls we'll have for you. nbc news political director, chuck todd, will join us along with the host of msnbc's "politics nation," al sharpton. and mike allen with the "politico playbook." first let's go right back to bill karins for a check on the forecast. >> i also have the election-day forecast at the end. let's go to the sandy impact zone. it's the temperatures. it hasn't been warm enough for people to stay in their homes. i've heard stories of families all staying in the same bed with multiple blankets on them just to stay warm. a lot of people will need other places to go. it's now november. and look at
in a very close election. when you've got an incumbent getting 78% approval for anything, it's going to have an impact. yes, he can withdraw, yes, he can do what he can do in terms of cleaning up those comments, but the president is off the charts here. it's way beyond his base of support for this election. >> we're going to get to more polls coming up. much more ahead this morning. the three swing state polls we'll have for you. nbc news political director, chuck todd, will join us along...
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while congress does actually have the authority to change the election day, no presidential election in the history of the nation has ever been postponed. joining me now, dorian warren, assistant professor of political science at columbia university and a fellow at the roosevelt institute in new york. dorian, what problems do we see from the storm, first of all? >> so in many places that are devastated by the storm there is no indication that those polling -- those polling places will be open on tuesday, much less -- >> well, in the video we're seeing they don't exist. i mean, there are some coastal polling places no doubt in new jersey and on long island that no longer exist. >> yes. that's right. although new jersey and new york and connecticut are reliably blue states. they're not swing states. >> yeah. it won't affect the electoral college and it won't affect the outcome. it could affect, since the votes favor president obama it could affect the national vote total in an election where there's some concern he could end up with an electoral college win and not win the popular vote
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. >> what about the impact of the election, sir? >> i am not worried at this point about the impact of the election. i'm worried about the impact on families and i'm worried about the impact on our first responders. i'm worried about the impact on our economy and on transportation. you know, the election will take care of itself next week. right now our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives. >> put that in perspective what we just heard. i mean, give me a real world look at what we just heard. the president of the united states being rewarded from a republic republican, chris christie and i see the president very cool right there. very cool. >> there is always a big point of emphasis, when they recruited fugate to do that and signed off on jeb bush to do this, there was this hangover from katrina going back in the bush administration and there's always been a point of emphasis, if you will, on fema by the obama administration. i think frankly it won't have mattered who came into the presidency in the post katr
. >> what about the impact of the election, sir? >> i am not worried at this point about the impact of the election. i'm worried about the impact on families and i'm worried about the impact on our first responders. i'm worried about the impact on our economy and on transportation. you know, the election will take care of itself next week. right now our number one priority is to make sure that we are saving lives. >> put that in perspective what we just heard. i mean, give me...
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you are not hearing anything about it this election. you are not hearing ads bought by the nonprofits. you have priorities usa action has been doing a lot of buys. they are not raising near enough money. >> there's a conflict here because the liberal billionaires are putting them on the hold. it's much harder to raise money. >> right. they are going out and trying to raise money and having a hard time. i have heard from donors saying god, they keep colling and asking for this. i don't want to give this money. there's a better way to spend money in terms of getting out the vote. you have this sort of idea that the democrats want to play, they want to be in the atmosphere. they can't get people to step out on to the field. >> that's interesting. obviously, there's a wealth disadvantage on the left. i think i suspect you are seeing a difference in opinion about whether this is a good way to spend. >> it might be harder to separate from their money. i want to thank kim the reporter for joining us this morning and your great work. >> thanks
you are not hearing anything about it this election. you are not hearing ads bought by the nonprofits. you have priorities usa action has been doing a lot of buys. they are not raising near enough money. >> there's a conflict here because the liberal billionaires are putting them on the hold. it's much harder to raise money. >> right. they are going out and trying to raise money and having a hard time. i have heard from donors saying god, they keep colling and asking for this. i...
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for bonus points virginia had those 25 for madison's re-election in 1812 through monroe's second election in 1820. anyway, we will leave you right now for break. these are pictures of point pleasant, new jersey. not looking so pleasant right now. we'll be right back. r boost, me. it's swanson flavor boost. concentrated broth to add delicious flavor to your skillet dish in just one stir. mmm! [ female announcer ] cook, meet compliments. get recipes at flavorboost.com. five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. from the white house. dee dee myers, they already canceled colorado but kept green bay open. now the president's all of tuesday now spent in washington. there is sort of on one hand the president is commander in chief. on the other hand he can't campaign at all. >> right. the one thing that's good is that he -- it's he clear what he has to do, right? it's surprised they waited
for bonus points virginia had those 25 for madison's re-election in 1812 through monroe's second election in 1820. anyway, we will leave you right now for break. these are pictures of point pleasant, new jersey. not looking so pleasant right now. we'll be right back. r boost, me. it's swanson flavor boost. concentrated broth to add delicious flavor to your skillet dish in just one stir. mmm! [ female announcer ] cook, meet compliments. get recipes at flavorboost.com. five days later, i had a...
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one thing we've seen in this election. the right wing lost this election. mitt romney signaled that in the first debate where he said you know all this tea party stuff we've been running on for two years, i know i can't win the election on that, i'm going somewhere else. the second point is you saw something interesting in that mourdock example, in terms of how mitt romney responds to the pressures in his own party.ha he could have pulled down the ad that he made for richard mourdock. and he refused to pull that ad down. in the third thing is the whole discussion of i will be bipartisan. i can't help but want to point out that the republicans for the entirety of obama's term have said no, no, no. and so what they're really say something we've been nasty when there's a democrat as president. but elect a republican and we'll be happy to work for him. this is kind of political extortion. >> i want to button this conversation up with what i think is an overarching point. that really does frame the last nine days. we were told this was going to be the ultimate c
one thing we've seen in this election. the right wing lost this election. mitt romney signaled that in the first debate where he said you know all this tea party stuff we've been running on for two years, i know i can't win the election on that, i'm going somewhere else. the second point is you saw something interesting in that mourdock example, in terms of how mitt romney responds to the pressures in his own party.ha he could have pulled down the ad that he made for richard mourdock. and he...
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republicans are going to get re-elected to control the house. what is the message voters are sending if they re-elect a democratic president and senate and republican house? >> i think part of it is just as you were leading in with michele bachmann. the fact is voters collectively aren't sending a message by dividing governments this way. it's really sort of the odd thing that happens as a result of the way that we have ballots counted right? it is because of the nature of the electoral college which means we're going to be about at a 50/50 split for the u.s. presidency in terms of the poplar vote but one of the candidates may sort of do much better in the electoral college even though we're about even in terms of the popular vote and each of these battles for the congress are so very localized. as you point out right there in minnesota you might end up with what is a split ticket but not because there's some great partisan emotion about it. >> sure. >> but rather just because it is about each candidate. >> ruth, this is sort of to me what is go
republicans are going to get re-elected to control the house. what is the message voters are sending if they re-elect a democratic president and senate and republican house? >> i think part of it is just as you were leading in with michele bachmann. the fact is voters collectively aren't sending a message by dividing governments this way. it's really sort of the odd thing that happens as a result of the way that we have ballots counted right? it is because of the nature of the electoral...
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and say, screw you until after the election? i think this undermines that this is bubbled up to be news. undermines romney's momentum and effort as a distraction. chris christie doesn't need it. certainly the romney campaign doesn't need it. i think this is a bone-headed conversation -- >> that's why i'm bringing it up. >> i know. >> i like bone-headed because it gives me a chance to teach people how bone-headed people can be. can this be an excuse for people who might lose the election to blame it on christie? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> oh, absolutely. >> you make it too easy on me, guys. chris christie defended praise of president obama. let's listen to the governor. >> i don't understand why telling the president of the united states that he has done a good job, when he's done a good job, equals and endorse many. so the fact of the matter is, and mitt romney knows this, and by the way, so does the president of the united states. i endorsed mitt romney 13 months ago because i thought he was the best guy for the job. and
and say, screw you until after the election? i think this undermines that this is bubbled up to be news. undermines romney's momentum and effort as a distraction. chris christie doesn't need it. certainly the romney campaign doesn't need it. i think this is a bone-headed conversation -- >> that's why i'm bringing it up. >> i know. >> i like bone-headed because it gives me a chance to teach people how bone-headed people can be. can this be an excuse for people who might lose...
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ohio is going to be the clincher for this election. everybody has been saying it and it's probably true. mitt romney probably hopes that the truth isn't going to find him in ohio. he's been a shape-shifter his entire political career. this shouldn't surprise us. and yet somehow he's taken it to a new level. the romney campaign attaches itself to untruth like a sexually aroused little dog on a visitor's leg. i mean, just starts humping away at these lies here. as you said, he makes the speech where he says that he read something somewhere about jeep going overseas to china. that's pointed out to him that's not true. chrysler points out to him that that's not true. so what does he do? doubles down with a tv ad. that's pointed out that that ad is not true. what does he do? triples down with a radio ad, too. it is just extraordinary, and the question is do ohioans, do americans, does the media tolerate this level of dishonesty from a presidential candidate? i hope not. >> lee iacocca, by the way, is not going to come on television and endo
ohio is going to be the clincher for this election. everybody has been saying it and it's probably true. mitt romney probably hopes that the truth isn't going to find him in ohio. he's been a shape-shifter his entire political career. this shouldn't surprise us. and yet somehow he's taken it to a new level. the romney campaign attaches itself to untruth like a sexually aroused little dog on a visitor's leg. i mean, just starts humping away at these lies here. as you said, he makes the speech...
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it has to be a fair election. we've got to be sure it that's a fair election. we're going to be very aware of that. but people have really gotten excited about this president. the president himself has gotten more excited, which i always like to see. and the third piece about this is the republicans have made some major missteps. it's almost impossible to figure out what mitt romney stands for. that's really not -- you can't win the presidency that way. >> to that point, in terms of the great wall of -- paul ryan did nearly 125 interviews with local television affiliates but no local tv since october 8 when this interview in michigan ended abruptly. >> the best thing to help prevent violent crime in inner cities is to bring jobs there, teach people good character and discipline. that's what churches do and -- >> and you do all that by cutting taxes? >> those are yours, not mine. >> thank you very much, sir. >> that was kind of strange. puts words into people's mouth? >> unmiked and that was the last we heard from paul ryan. and mitt romney hasn't done an interv
it has to be a fair election. we've got to be sure it that's a fair election. we're going to be very aware of that. but people have really gotten excited about this president. the president himself has gotten more excited, which i always like to see. and the third piece about this is the republicans have made some major missteps. it's almost impossible to figure out what mitt romney stands for. that's really not -- you can't win the presidency that way. >> to that point, in terms of the...
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six days until the 2012 election. president obama is showing mitt romney and the rest of the world what real leadership looks like during a time of crisis. this is "the ed show." let's get to work. >> the federal government will be working as closely as possible with the state and local officials, and we will not quit until this is done. >> big government makes a big impact in new jersey, where the president tours the state with chris christie. >> it's been a great working relationship to make sure that we're doing the jobs that people have asked us to do. >> new jersey senator bob menendez was with the president today and he joins me live tonight. plus, jonathan alter on why good governance is good politics. e.j. dionne on mitt romney's troubling post-hurricane trouble. dnc chair debbie wasserman schultz on mitt romney's disappearing act. and bob shrum is here tonight, with a brand-new electoral map that will put a smile on democrats' faces. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. washington,
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>> i think that because of the electoral college, elections, presidential elections have to focus on swing states and have to focus on these emerging purple states, because as it turns out, the elections sometimes do hinge on them. this election does seem to hinge on these particular swing states. the reason why the polling is so confusing, chris, is because sometimes national polls don't take into effect the fact that we have an electoral college, don't take into effect that some of these swing states will be singularly determinative, in terms of the presidential election. and so that's why we're getting all this conflict around. that's why the internal polls for each campaign may be different from what some of those external polls are. but it's been pretty substantial so far. and also pretty clear for quite some time that pennsylvania, although it is a truly purple state, is leaning towards obama at this point in time. >> let's take a look at those three states. everybody will agree, are in hot pursuit right now. let's take a look at them. now, look at the three of the states. ther
>> i think that because of the electoral college, elections, presidential elections have to focus on swing states and have to focus on these emerging purple states, because as it turns out, the elections sometimes do hinge on them. this election does seem to hinge on these particular swing states. the reason why the polling is so confusing, chris, is because sometimes national polls don't take into effect the fact that we have an electoral college, don't take into effect that some of...
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or even delay the election? >>> and that broken construction crane, folks, it's still dangling, dangerously high above the streets of midtown manhattan. the latest on that and much more in minutes. we've got that live briefing from mayor michael bloomberg that comes up in this hour. good morning from washington. it's still one week until election day, believe it or not, tuesday, october 30th, 2012, this is the "daily rundown," i'm chuck todd. let's get right to what we know this hour. at least 18 people have been killed, early estimates, but the damage from sandy at somewhere between $10 billion and $20 billion, but that figure could rise as people assess in the daylight. nearly 8 million people waking up without power this morning. sandy made landfall as what's being called a post tropical cyclone on the southern coast of new jersey not too far from atlantic city at about 8:00 p.m., sustained winds of 80 miles per hour, that's hurricane force, folks. and hurricane-force winds extended up to 175 miles from the c
or even delay the election? >>> and that broken construction crane, folks, it's still dangling, dangerously high above the streets of midtown manhattan. the latest on that and much more in minutes. we've got that live briefing from mayor michael bloomberg that comes up in this hour. good morning from washington. it's still one week until election day, believe it or not, tuesday, october 30th, 2012, this is the "daily rundown," i'm chuck todd. let's get right to what we know...
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on election day. they have gone out and gotten them to vote early. we have spent our time getting people what we call low propensity voters. those who voted in one out of four elections, spending our time focusing on getting them to the polls. we have a majority of our voex who will vote on election day. if you look at the data and say whether it's 2008 or percentage of registered -- or percentage of registration, we are outpmplg -- outperforming in these states. we are expanding the map to minnesota. they talked about the path to 270 for president obama. they considered states like new hampshire, minnesota, pennsylvania all safe obama states. now they are going up on advertising, sending their surrogates in because they are on defense on states that they considered very safe for obama, whereas governor romney is able to expand the map into states that were considered outside of that window and that includes states like wisconsin as well. that were considered safe seats -- double digit states the pres
on election day. they have gone out and gotten them to vote early. we have spent our time getting people what we call low propensity voters. those who voted in one out of four elections, spending our time focusing on getting them to the polls. we have a majority of our voex who will vote on election day. if you look at the data and say whether it's 2008 or percentage of registered -- or percentage of registration, we are outpmplg -- outperforming in these states. we are expanding the map to...
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just six days out from the election. interesting for many reasons and mostly because chris christie is a top romney surrogate and highly critical of the president in the past but since the storm lavished praise on the president's handling of the storm's wrath. before heading to the jersey shore, the president's made an unscheduled stop at fema headquarters. this is the president meeting with several administration and cabinet persons there. we're told he addressed everyone around the table thanking them for the work and warning that the country's not out of the woods yet. joining us now nbc news political director chuck todd on the phone and ron allen live in point please sant beach, new jersey. todd, i'll start with you. we have chris christie with president obama and others say what else was supposed to happen here? i mean, these men may be from different sides of aisle but we know they're still without power and lost their homes and the other issue still facing the region. >> that's right. we are here in atlantic city
just six days out from the election. interesting for many reasons and mostly because chris christie is a top romney surrogate and highly critical of the president in the past but since the storm lavished praise on the president's handling of the storm's wrath. before heading to the jersey shore, the president's made an unscheduled stop at fema headquarters. this is the president meeting with several administration and cabinet persons there. we're told he addressed everyone around the table...
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the election will be over soon, okay? >> okay. >> oh. >> well, anyway, npr caught wind of her breakdown of mitt romney and barack obama and issued a statement reassuring her she only had to tough it out a few more days. >>> another sign the final days of the election are on us, check out this snapshot of dueling lawn signs. the one on the left is a clear sign of support for the republican ticket. the one on the right reads husband's sign, not wife and son's. i love that. >>> up next, mitt romney says he'll work with democrats across the aisle if he's elected as president, but his record says something quite different. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. >>> here's what's happening. now back to "hardball." >>> i fought against long odds in a deep blue state, but i was a severely conservative republican governor. >> strange wording, severely conservative. he's the only one ever to use it. that was mitt back in february trying to convince the hard right audience that doubted his conservative credentials that
the election will be over soon, okay? >> okay. >> oh. >> well, anyway, npr caught wind of her breakdown of mitt romney and barack obama and issued a statement reassuring her she only had to tough it out a few more days. >>> another sign the final days of the election are on us, check out this snapshot of dueling lawn signs. the one on the left is a clear sign of support for the republican ticket. the one on the right reads husband's sign, not wife and son's. i love...
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the election will be over soon, okay? >> okay. >> oh. >> well, anyway, npr caught wind of her breakdown of mitt romney and barack obama and issued a statement reassuring her she only had to tough it out a few more days. >>> another sign the final days of the election are on us, check out this snapshot of dueling lawn signs. the one on the left is a clear sign of support for the republican ticket. the one on the right reads husband's sign, not wife and son's. i love that. >>> up next, mitt romney says he'll work with democrats across the aisle if he's elected as president, but his record says something quite different. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. not in this economy. we also have zero free time, and my dad moving in. so we went to fidelity. we looked at our family's goals and some ways to help us get there. they helped me fix my economy, the one in my house. now they're managing my investments for me. and with fidelity, getting back on track was easier than i thought. call or come in today to take c
the election will be over soon, okay? >> okay. >> oh. >> well, anyway, npr caught wind of her breakdown of mitt romney and barack obama and issued a statement reassuring her she only had to tough it out a few more days. >>> another sign the final days of the election are on us, check out this snapshot of dueling lawn signs. the one on the left is a clear sign of support for the republican ticket. the one on the right reads husband's sign, not wife and son's. i love...
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floating her plans for after the election. not as vice president, but after the election after john mccain and sarah palin lost. their plans for her were published by "the new york times" seven days before election day. if mccain loses, she could emerge as a standard bearer for the movement and a potential presidential candidate in 2012. her prospects in or out of government are the subject of intensive conversations among conservative leaders. she's making sure she's well-positioned for the future if she and mr. mccain lose. that was a week before election day in 2008. sarah palin's plans for saving her own skin once they lost the election were being leaked by her allies. and we know from people inside that campaign it caused enormous tension inside the mccain/palin camp. so imagine how this went over this week in the romney campaign. all right. context here, you understand. publicly the romney campaign is on their we're going to win tour. their pay no attention to the polls tour. the, we're even going to win pennsylvania tou
floating her plans for after the election. not as vice president, but after the election after john mccain and sarah palin lost. their plans for her were published by "the new york times" seven days before election day. if mccain loses, she could emerge as a standard bearer for the movement and a potential presidential candidate in 2012. her prospects in or out of government are the subject of intensive conversations among conservative leaders. she's making sure she's well-positioned...
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the election will be over soon, okay? >> okay. >> oh. >> well, anyway, npr caught wind of her breakdown of mitt romney and barack obama and issued a statement reassuring her she only had to tough it out a few more days. another sign the final days of the election are on us, check out this snapshot of dueling lawn signs. the one on the left is a clear sign of support for the republican ticket. the one on the right reads husband's sign, not wife and son's. i love that. >>> up next, mitt romney says he'll work with democrats across the aisle if he's elected as president but his regard says something quite different. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. cord says something quite different. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. place for politics. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if you could combine the capability of a pathfinder with the comfort of a sedan and create a next-gen s.u.v. with best-in-class fuel economy of 26 miles per gallon, highway, and best-in-class passenger roominess? yea
the election will be over soon, okay? >> okay. >> oh. >> well, anyway, npr caught wind of her breakdown of mitt romney and barack obama and issued a statement reassuring her she only had to tough it out a few more days. another sign the final days of the election are on us, check out this snapshot of dueling lawn signs. the one on the left is a clear sign of support for the republican ticket. the one on the right reads husband's sign, not wife and son's. i love that....
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this president said this election is about trust. we have chrysler saying that romney was flat-out wrong, but he's still pushing this issue. do you believe that governor romney for the readers of "the register" is the candidate that should be trusted? >> it's great to be with you today. speaking as the editor and also as a member of the editorial, i want to preface that this was a five-member editorial board that sfent an awful lot of time looking at the candidates, the campaigns, the issues and platforms and visions and spent a lot of time being deliberative and thoughtful in our decision as it relates to the endorsement. at end of the day what we've heard repeatedly, thomas, for several, several months, through this whole cycle is the importance of the economic recovery in iowa. that's what our readers and voters in iowa are most concerned about. after all this thoughtful deliberation, it was at the end of the day when we come down with governor romney's vision for economic recovery and i sense that he's got a better plan and a bro
this president said this election is about trust. we have chrysler saying that romney was flat-out wrong, but he's still pushing this issue. do you believe that governor romney for the readers of "the register" is the candidate that should be trusted? >> it's great to be with you today. speaking as the editor and also as a member of the editorial, i want to preface that this was a five-member editorial board that sfent an awful lot of time looking at the candidates, the...
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win the election. the economy is beginning to come back. we've got to build on that progress. we have created 5.5 million jobs in the last 40 months. over two million jobs by the way over the last 12 months. so we have to do a lot more. but, listen, governor romney wants to return us to the very same policies that created the recession in the first place. when we were losing 800,000 jobs. he wants to return to those policies. that's the choice. do we build on the progress that we've made, and we have a lot more work to do. the president has a plan to continue to create jobs and grow the middle class. or do we take a risk and go back to the same policies that wrecked the economy?in that's all governor romney is offering. >> that's also the issue of how you've worked with the other side. governor romney has said all the president has done is attacked the other side and not worked with congress. even mayor bloomberg who endorsed the president for a second term said he was still disappointed by the preside
win the election. the economy is beginning to come back. we've got to build on that progress. we have created 5.5 million jobs in the last 40 months. over two million jobs by the way over the last 12 months. so we have to do a lot more. but, listen, governor romney wants to return us to the very same policies that created the recession in the first place. when we were losing 800,000 jobs. he wants to return to those policies. that's the choice. do we build on the progress that we've made, and...
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we are down to it is eight days from today the election. you have a storm that is going all the way up the eastern seaboard, and is forcing the two candidates to absolutely readjust everything. i've heard people say and i think it's probably rice, the race is sort of frozen right now. frozen literally in the that candidates aren't doing anything. bill clinton in florida, president obama was supposed to do that event and flew back here and we heard from him. mitt romney will stay off the campaign trail until sort of this thing passes through and we get the assessment of the damage and that's the other thing. let's say wednesday they start resuming their schedule. there's the possibility they'll be significant power outages and damage all the way through this week maybe into next week. when we say into next week tuesday is the election. >> break this down. >> yeah. >> the president just spoke from the briefing room. this was the president who was talking about sandy and was asked about the election and said right now he's got to focus on, you
we are down to it is eight days from today the election. you have a storm that is going all the way up the eastern seaboard, and is forcing the two candidates to absolutely readjust everything. i've heard people say and i think it's probably rice, the race is sort of frozen right now. frozen literally in the that candidates aren't doing anything. bill clinton in florida, president obama was supposed to do that event and flew back here and we heard from him. mitt romney will stay off the...
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this is looking a lot more like a karl rove 2004 election than a barack obama 2008 election. >> and even in the michigan quinnipiac poll that shows the president leading substantially, he's losing independents. and that is the strongest argument the romney campaign will make against all these polls that show the president up, which is you may be oversampling democrats to some extent in some of these polls. if romney is winning independents in ohio, if romney's winning independents in ohio, they think he's going to win. >> so why would pollsters -- and this is an important question, the romney people say they're oversampling democrats. and we've seen some of these polls, depths plus nine, plus eight, plus seven, why would -- because obviously, the pollster's credibility is on the line. this is how they make their living. this is like buying a car whose doors fall off. people feed their children based on the accuracy of their polls. so why would they skew the sample overly democratic? >> because that's what's coming back in their survey. >> the pollsters don't start with a set idea of what
this is looking a lot more like a karl rove 2004 election than a barack obama 2008 election. >> and even in the michigan quinnipiac poll that shows the president leading substantially, he's losing independents. and that is the strongest argument the romney campaign will make against all these polls that show the president up, which is you may be oversampling democrats to some extent in some of these polls. if romney is winning independents in ohio, if romney's winning independents in...
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this is a change election. they say the path to victory for governor romney, it's to focus on the people who are unsatisfied with president obama's leadership and say we can bring the change, big change, bold change. he actually used the word "big change" 12 times in a speech the other day. they're trying to hammer this message home to serve many who might be disaffected by the president. hopefully turn some of these blue states like virginia back into the republican column. >> and obviously we know the importance of virginia. he's spending the entire day there. that's an interesting strategy. we know he's going to hopscotch as well, and i believe the big rally is friday, right, garrett, in ohio, but nevertheless, the entire day in virginia. >> well, a little bit of what you're seeing today in virginia is makeup events after hurricane sandy. the final event tonight will be virginia beach. that was an event they had to scrap as the storm was approaching. i think they'd rather not have to spend an entire day in v
this is a change election. they say the path to victory for governor romney, it's to focus on the people who are unsatisfied with president obama's leadership and say we can bring the change, big change, bold change. he actually used the word "big change" 12 times in a speech the other day. they're trying to hammer this message home to serve many who might be disaffected by the president. hopefully turn some of these blue states like virginia back into the republican column. >>...
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and then it becomes a turnout election. so give us your sense of a turnout election when the two variables are the president's people trying to get their vote out the way they did four years ago, women, minorities, suburban women, and maybe not be able to reach the number they reach four years ago. and governor romney's side clearly dependent on white male to come out and vote. give me your sense of the turnout election, the difficulties in both sides getting their side out. >> well, i think republicans are historically better voters, they tend to show with more frequency, more reliable. my parents were classics, voted all the time in every primary, went to church every sunday all the time. very regular, democrats are more driven by excitement and phenomenon. they have to be turned on to vote. and that's a problem. how many times can you be turned on to the same candidate? so that's going to be a question. i think social media this time's playing a huge role. i hear constantly from everybody in the campaign, it never stops.
and then it becomes a turnout election. so give us your sense of a turnout election when the two variables are the president's people trying to get their vote out the way they did four years ago, women, minorities, suburban women, and maybe not be able to reach the number they reach four years ago. and governor romney's side clearly dependent on white male to come out and vote. give me your sense of the turnout election, the difficulties in both sides getting their side out. >> well, i...
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it is -- if they want to -- they run their election. you know, they can't -- if they postpone it on the presidential, that takes an act of congress. could they extend voting hours? could they expand, move precincts, expand the voting hours, increase the amount of provisional ballots, allow people to vote in voting precincts that is not their home precinct to deal with things? all of those issues will be dealt with in the next week. >> as you remind me, originally the election of our president was in march before it was moved to november. >> that's right. >> thank you very much, chuck todd. >> you got it. >> special coverage of the historic storm continuing next. we'll talk to connecticut senator richard blumenthal. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios tend to weigh less than those who don't. what if there was a new that focused less on feesy and more... on what mat
it is -- if they want to -- they run their election. you know, they can't -- if they postpone it on the presidential, that takes an act of congress. could they extend voting hours? could they expand, move precincts, expand the voting hours, increase the amount of provisional ballots, allow people to vote in voting precincts that is not their home precinct to deal with things? all of those issues will be dealt with in the next week. >> as you remind me, originally the election of our...
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election so close. the truth is gore won the election. what we saw in the gore campaign we were making huge process. we were hurt by the drunk driving thing because it took the story away from medicare and social security. >> bob, how concerned are you about the shenanigans that's been played out by the republicans in ohio of suppressing the vote, the long lines that your campaign with senator kerry experienced in 2004. i mean, is there a chance that president obama could lose ohio? >> i think it would be very tough because he has a good lead. they have a lawyers on the ground there. and you know, you're right about 2004. if you were a college student or an african-american, you sometimes had to wait eight or ten hours to vote. i don't think they're going to get away with stealing this election, they're going to try to delegitimate the president's victory afterwards. >> bob shrum, great to have you on a saturday night. >>> next, from long lines to power outages, ohio voters are facing obstacles to get t
election so close. the truth is gore won the election. what we saw in the gore campaign we were making huge process. we were hurt by the drunk driving thing because it took the story away from medicare and social security. >> bob, how concerned are you about the shenanigans that's been played out by the republicans in ohio of suppressing the vote, the long lines that your campaign with senator kerry experienced in 2004. i mean, is there a chance that president obama could lose ohio?...